Smuttynose Robust Porter

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

12oz bottle from total wine in greenville. pours a very dark brown, damn near black, with a nice half-inch, dark, cocoa-powder brown head and solid lacing. aroma is great with big roasted malts, dark chocolate, nutty toffee, buttered popcorn, smoke, and hints of roast coffee. flavor is excellent with big, dark, roasted coffee, dark chocolate, and sweet, dark fruits up front backed by sweet toffee, roasted nuts, hints of smoked wood, and a touch of bitter, earthy/leafy hops. palate is medium bodied and lightly carbonated with a long lasting burnt coffee and roasted, nutty malt finish. overall, a wonderful porter.

bottle: pint: enjoyed with a delicious meal, this brew paired perfectly giving a comforting, autumn feel. Very, very surprised with this brew to be honest, did not expect much at all. The beer looks like a glass full of iced coffee, leaving a very thin, brown head ring. The nose is dark, loads of roasted malts, coffee, bitter dark chocolate. The taste is smooth, almost creamy despite the thin body. Delicious chocolate and coffee, mild carbonation made this feel almost like dessert! Again the body leaves you almost wanting more, however you could easily have a second (or fourth) to satisfy the craving. Great brew!

Pours an opaque black with a nice layer of foamy tan head. Aroma is a mix of baking chocolate and coffee. Flavor is a nice balance of creamy lactic chocolate milkshake sweetness and roasty slightly toasted smokiness. Overall, enjoyable.

After living Portsmouth for a year i somehow missed this gem, but now in NY got a chance to rate. really nice looking with great smoky aroma. tastes chocalty and smokey but not over poweringly so. Got in the 12 Beer variety pack wish they would include this all the time instead of the Old Brown Dog.

On tap at Dunderbaks, Tampa. I’d had it in bottles before, but this was far superior. Looks and smells just like it tastes. Light will not penetrate the glass. Coffee, dark chocolate and sorghum beets(?). It hit that fine line of light carbonation that I crave in a porter. Served cool, it morphed nicely over 20-25 minutes. Lace hung on the glass throughout. Bringing the smoke down a little bit might make it perfect.

Thanks go out to a few people for sending me this, but I could have sworn I rated it long ago! Oh well. Pours black with a small to moderate light brown head. Aroma is definitely stronger than the typical porter with dark chocolate, wood, leaves, tobacco, acidic coffee, and perhaps a hint of oxidation. Maybe this is old, or I stored it poorly for a wee bit too long before drinking. Flavor is spot on with dark chocolate, caramel, tobacco, wood, leaves, earth, coffee, and peanuts. Finishes with peanuts going down, followed by coffee, darker chocolate, and slight charred wood aftertaste. Medium bodied, creamy, and seemingly thicker than it is, this beer gives a LOT of deep and big flavors for the small ABV. I would bring sixers of this to parties all the time if I could.

Pitch black pour, beautiful tan head. Aroma holds coffee, chocolate, caramel malt, roast, and some dark fruit; really nice. Flavor is phenomenal; tons of coffee, roasted malt, dark chocolate, caramel, and some subtle molasses sweetness. Just an incredible and classic specimen of a porter. I’ve had this too many times to write more, i just want to drink the thing.

On tap at Bacchus. Pours a deep dark cola black with a hefty creamy dark tan head. Roast, vanilla, caramel, nice sweetness. A touch on the thin side of medium bodied, light astringency, bitter roast and light baking chocolate. Finishes with a lot of roast bitterness, and some slow lingering char notes.